×
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
All fruit was hand harvested in the cool of dawn, immediately destemmed and pressed and the juice settled in...
WS
90
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Lemons, beeswax, white grapefruits, green apples and some flint on the nose. Crisp and tangy with vibrant green and...
JS
90
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $21.56
A crisp and fruity white with aromas of pears, chopped apples and waxed lemons. Medium-bodied with bright acidity and...
12 FREE
JS
90
Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $14.25
This shows notes of blackcurrants, tea leaves, chocolate and leafy herbs. Some cedar, too. Medium- to full-bodied...
JS
90
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.94
12 bottles: $9.74
Big rich fruit aromas of blue berry and smoke. Full bodied and bold, upfront and direct. (Bronze) - DWWA 2023
DC
88
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
• 100% Pinot Noir. • Single vineyard, Nine One Six Vineyard, Steels Creek. • Grey loam topsoil over grey/yellow...
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
• Chardonnay. • Fruit sourced from Dixons Creek, 45 year old planting and dry farmed. • Fine, silty grey clay...
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.59
12 bottles: $18.22
If this wine auditioned for a role in the film adaption of Remains of the Day it would get the part in a heartbeat....
JH
95
JS
91
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.85 $17.50
12 bottles: $16.63
A super-fresh riesling with lightly spicy edges to the lemon and sliced-pear fruit. There’s green apple on the...
JS
94
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.35
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $20.95
12 bottles: $20.53
• 100% Chasselas. • 10-20 year old vines. • Altitude: 425 meters. • Hand-harvested, slow, cold...
12 FREE
Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.89
6 bottles: $98.20
I've been chipping away at a bottle of this 2021 Shiraz Viognier all week of a nighttime, and a very interesting and...
12 FREE
WA
97
JS
96
Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.40
A consistently great McLaren Vale Shiraz. Generously rich with amazing fruit weight and balanced, chewy tannins....
Sale
Red
Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.79
6 bottles: $64.00
12 FREE
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
The elegantly framed but charming 2021 Pride of the Fleurieu tempts with its fragrant leafy blackcurrant aromas with...
12 FREE
JS
91
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
The Lionheart of Dandelion Vineyards is our old vine Barossa vineyard. These ancient, gnarled vines, many over a...
Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.93 $22.40
Made as a fruit-driven drink-now style with generous flavours, this delicious cool-climate Tasmanian Pinot Noir can...
Case only
White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $68.80
“Less is More” is a full grape maceration orange wine composed of all the white varieties grown at the domaine....
12 FREE
Case only
White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $92.40
From another exciting, rainy but late and, in the end, classic vintage in Graubunden, Martin Donatsch's 2021...
12 FREE
WA
93

1965 2011 2021 Australia Switzerland

Whilst most of Australia consists of arid deserts and dense bushland, the oceanic coasts to the south of the country have a terrain and climate ideal for vine cultivation and wine production. It took several decades of failed attempts at the end of the 18th century in order to produce vines of a decent enough quality for making wine, but since those first false starts, the Australian wine industry has continued to grow and grow. Today, wine production makes up for a considerable part of the Australian economy, with exports in recent years reaching unprecedented levels and even overtaking France for the first time ever. Whilst the greatest successes in regards to quality have been the result of the Syrah grape varietal (known locally as Shiraz), Australia utilizes several Old World grapes, and has had fantastic results from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay and more. As the Australian passion for locally produced wine continues to develop, wineries have begun experimenting with a wider range of grape varietals, meaning that nowadays it isn't uncommon to find high quality Australian wines made from Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier, amongst many others.




Switzerland is composed by 26 cantons and 4 linguistic areas: the German one, the French one, the Italian and the Romanche. This creates a richness of various expressions, which are also reflected in traditions, lifestyles, eating and drinking manners. Its wine-producing geography is subdivided into six areas: the cantons of Valais, of Vaud and of Geneva, the three lakes' region (Western Switzerland), the German-speaking area (Eastern Switzerland), and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Moreover, Switzerland's particular geographical situation, in between four wine-producing nations (France, Italy, Germany and Austria), offers an extreme diversity in the characters of its wines.


Swiss vineyards give a large choice of grape varieties, although they are still scarcely known abroad. The most typical white grape variety is Chasselas, whose extreme sensitivity to both soil and situation is reflected in subtle differences in taste. Among the red grape varieties, the most widespread is Pinot Noir which can take very different characters depending on the region from where it comes and the type of vinification it has undergone.


History



Vineyards have been cultivated in Switzerland since the Roman era. Even though certain traces can be found of a more ancient origin, many native Swiss vines have Latin names. Christianity and the needs of religious services ensured the cultivation of the vineyards throughout the Middle Age and long after it. However, wine would not be used in masses only and, despite its highs and lows, the wine-production in Switzerland lasted and developed to our days. Swiss products can now be seen abroad as cultural ambassadors of a country whose winegrowers completely dedicate themselves to producing the very best.